Hypertext Webster Gateway: "emigrate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Emigrate \Em"i*grate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Emigrated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Emigrating}.] [L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to
remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See {Migrate}.]
To remove from one country or State to another, for the
purpose of residence; to migrate from home.

Forced to emigrate in a body to America. --Macaulay.

They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into
Europe in the time of the Goths. --J. H.
Newman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Emigrate \Em"i*grate\, a.
Migratory; roving. [Obs.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

emigrate
v : leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people
had to emigrate during the Nazi period" [ant: {immigrate}]


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